Yang Hong hadn't traveled three li before he encountered a group of demonic beasts,
A group of demonic beasts charging towards him.
"Heh heh~ Tier one, tier two trash fish, watch me with a single punch."
Yang Hong took these demonic beasts to be the same as those that had surrounded him before, also coming to surround him,
So he stood his ground and unleashed a punch with 61% emphasis on the 'Fearless Bravery' punch intent,
Bang~ Bang~ Bang~
After a series of explosions, over fifty thousand demonic beasts were blown to pieces.
All blown to pieces!
Slightly disdainfully, he skirted around the bloody area and quickly departed.
"What~ what kind of monster is that? They look like Heaven Realm martial artists, but how can their attack power be so strong?"
Only after Yang Hong had moved far away did a black figure slowly emerge from nearby.
"That attack power probably surpasses the Golden Core Realm."
The black figure watched Yang Hong's retreating form and soon vanished stealthily.
Yang Hong killed three more groups of over ten thousand demonic beasts, finally reaching his destination.
"The Azure Wood Waterfall is still unchanged, that's good."
Looking at the waterfall, which was three hundred zhang high and ten zhang wide,
And the group of cultivators gathered below the waterfall, Yang Hong felt considerably more relaxed.
"I'll take a bath and have a nap first."
Disregarding the stares of the cultivators, who looked at him as if he were a monster, Yang Hong found a spot downstream from the waterfall and began to wash himself thoroughly.
Various whispers could be heard.
"That person is truly terrifying! I can smell the blood all over him from a hundred zhang away."
"He's a martial artist, a Heaven Realm martial artist."
"How can a martial artist be so powerful? The scent of blood on him means he's killed at least a hundred thousand demonic beasts."
"Heh heh~ You're thinking too much, aren't you? A hundred thousand demonic beasts?
Do you know?
Even a tier one demonic beast is stronger than a Heaven Realm martial artist. It's already impressive if he can kill ten thousand."
"Exactly. Although this person looks terrifying, his aura is too weak and stable. He's probably only killed a few thousand tier one demonic beasts."
Yang Hong found the bystanders' discussions amusing but did not retort.
Because there was no need.
They could not comprehend his power.
After a simple wash, Yang Hong found a secluded corner, lay down on the ground, and soon fell asleep.
He was genuinely exhausted.
The reason Yang Hong dared to lie down and sleep there was due to an explicit rule within the secret realm:
No fighting was allowed in the designated resting areas. If caught, anyone who witnessed it would be attacked by the others.
There were over thirty cultivators at the Azure Wood Waterfall, divided into several factions.
With them maintaining mutual vigilance, Yang Hong was safe.
However, Yang Hong had overthought it.
"We're starting the robbery now. Men stand on the left, women on the right. Those who are neither stand in the middle."
After sleeping for an unknown duration, a gruff roar woke Yang Hong.
"Who is it? Don't they know disturbing someone's good dream is a crime punishable by heaven and earth?"
Yang Hong mumbled, opened his eyes, and sat up.
"Everyone stand properly, quickly~ quickly~ quickly!"
Several other arrogant voices echoed nearby,
The robbers were not just one person.
It was a group robbing them.
"Heh heh, before I entered the Hongtong Secret Realm, I had already planned to rob people, but I was delayed by being surrounded by demonic beasts.
Now that someone else is robbing, it's convenient for me."
Yang Hong stood up excitedly. Seeing people already lining up, he eagerly joined the queue.
"When did Golden Core cultivators start entering the Hongtong Secret Realm?"
"And Golden Core cultivators are so shameless, actually robbing us mere Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining small fries?"
"Heh heh~ This is the sect. Are those major sects fair?"
The crowd murmured softly.
This allowed Yang Hong to understand the identity of the robbers.
"You are Golden Core disciples of the Blazing Flame Immortal Sect? How dare you rob in the safe zone?"
A gentle female voice called out indignantly.
Hearing this voice, the murmuring of the crowd grew louder.
"It's the Blazing Flame Immortal Sect? One of the Ten Great Immortal Sects!"
"Heh heh~ After I leave the secret realm, I'll have bragging rights. I'm a man who's been robbed by one of the Ten Great Immortal Sects."
"Ten Great Immortal Sects? No wonder.
Only high-level individuals from the Ten Great Immortal Sects can allow Golden Core cultivators to enter the Hongtong Secret Realm."
"Aren't these Golden Core cultivators ashamed of robbing us Foundation Establishment cultivators?"
Yang Hong looked around. There were significantly more people than when he had been sleeping. The number of people gathered was over 130.
And the ones robbing them were five Golden Core cultivators floating in the air.
All five were fierce and even radiated killing intent.
"Hahaha~ Who is it that we have here?
So it's Junior Sister Xi Miaohua of the Qian Yuan Sword Sect. Without Junior Sister here, we might have considered letting these people live,
But now there's no need to consider it."
A handsome young man in green among the five recognized Xi Miaohua in the crowd.
"Senior Brother, killing them directly seems like a waste. How about we 'cultivate' from them?"
A burly disciple of the Blazing Flame Sect flew above the crowd, his eyes gleaming as he looked at the beautiful female cultivators below.
"Heh heh~ That's a good idea, but Junior Sister Xi from the Qian Yuan Sword Sect is mine."
"I see there are quite a few beauties here, enough to go around."
The five Golden Core cultivators discussed shamelessly, completely ignoring the expressions of the cultivators below.
They turned a deaf ear to the curses of these cultivators.
In their eyes, these people were already dead.
"Xu Keping, is your Blazing Flame Sect going to declare war on our Qian Yuan Sword Sect?"
Xi Miaohua shouted again, her voice trembling slightly.
She had just protected two junior sisters from a beast encirclement and hadn't rested for long before encountering this robbery.
She had little combat strength left.
"No~ no~ no~
The Blazing Flame Sect will not go to war with the Qian Yuan Sword Sect, because no one will know it was me."
Xu Keping continued to smile gently, as if he were just casually mentioning he had eaten a biscuit.
Before Xi Miaohua could speak again, Xu Keping grunted.
"Five Fires Burning Heaven Formation."
It turned out the nearby cultivators had already been rounded up.
The five Blazing Flame Sect Golden Core cultivators in the air, though they had been spewing constant insults,
Were not idiots. They had already prepared their killing moves.
After all, they were disciples of the Ten Great Immortal Sects and still had to maintain their sect's image.
Five fire dragons, each a hundred zhang long, instantly appeared, forming a tall wall of fire from five directions.
The temperature under the Azure Wood Waterfall rapidly increased.
"Gurgle~ gurgle~"
In just a few breaths, one could hear the deep pool beneath the Azure Wood Waterfall begin to boil.
"Don't kill me, I can give you all my treasures."
"Help~"
"Quick, quick, attack, attack those fire dragons!"
"Escape, escape from the sky~"
"Kill, break through~"
The crowd being robbed descended into chaos!
Yang Hong frowned as he looked at the chaotic scene.
He had expected something like "Please show your ID, IQ, IC card."
Or perhaps "I'll kidnap some women first."
He hadn't expected these foolish thieves from the Blazing Flame Sect to resort to outright murder.
"Crude, truly crude.
Not professional at all."
While complaining, Yang Hong took out his fourth-tier flying sword.
"Wind rise~ Wind spread~"
"Swish~"
After a gust of clear wind, the five people in the sky were cut into thirty-five pieces and fell from the sky.
"..."
Everyone present stared in stunned disbelief.
What just happened?
How did these five people die?
Who killed them?
While these people were dazed, Yang Hong was not.
He sighed.
"Alas..."